We have high hopes on Bangalore: AAP

Bangalore: Kundan Singh, founder member of Aam Aadmi Party and coordinator of an awareness rally in the city on Sunday, spoke to Deccan Chronicle at length on the plans of the party in the Karnataka after its stupendous success in Delhi.

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How was the response to the bike rally on Sunday?

We had sent out messages to all our members and volunteers through mail, Facebook and Twitter. We expected around 200 bikes, but we were surprised to see around 250 two-wheelers and 50 cars at the Freedom Park, the starting point. Around 600 people took part in the rally and many of them joined on the way as we went to different parts of the city. We had distributed data entry forms to all pillion riders, who collected basic information from the people who joined us on the way. We collected information from 2,000 people.

Is AAP’s strategy different in Bangalore, as compared to Delhi, to get the support of the people?

Most of the people in Bangalore are tech-savvy and connected online, and it is a big advantage. We have working committees in all the 28 assembly constituencies of the city. They have groups of aam aadmis who have taken the responsibility of leading the political revolution.

How is AAP planning to attract supporters?

We have started our membership drives in crowded areas, like malls, Metro stations and public places. Since all of us are working professionals, we make sure that we spend at least two to three hours every day for the party. To make people aware of the struggle against corruption, our volunteers have started performing street plays. As we have learned from Delhi elections, door-to-door campaign is the best way to connect with people and we have started it in all assemblies constituencies of the city, which traditional political parties do only 15 days before the elections.

How many new party members have joined in the city after the Delhi phenomenon?

We are conducting registrations in three ways: Our members go on drives to register people from public places using a Rs 10 membership form, we have offices in seven assemblies to register new people and registration through our website www.aapkarnataka.org. Since the Delhi elections, a large number of people are registering on our national website. As Karnataka was only the second state to have the highest number of donors, we believe that we have a large number of supporters here. The existing volunteer base of 12,000 has swelled to 20,000 plus after the Delhi results.

What are party's short-term and long-term goals in Bangalore?

We are not focused only on the 2014 elections. We have not yet decided on how many seats we could contest from in Karnataka, but we will go for maximum number of seats. We believe in the concept of Swaraj and we will form our manifesto based on the needs of the people when we go for door-to-door campaigning.

In Delhi, we had 70 manifestos for all 70 assembly constituencies and they were decided by the people from respective localities. In Bangalore, we have different segments of people, so we are working on categorising their problems and will finalise the manifestos later. We are trying to know what the people want and how we can work for it together.

How many techies have enrolled themselves into the party?

We have separate Facebook pages for different assembly constituencies. We have a separate Google group in each assembly constituency to communicate with each other on local events. We have named our BTM assembly Facebook page as Namma BTM, AAP Ka BTM. We have a separate Whatsapp group for each assembly constituency. We have a common Facebook page for the entire city, which is AAP Bangalore, and for the state, AAP Karnataka. We have Facebook pages for other districts too.

Is AAP targeting Bangalore after Delhi?

Besides a large number of people donating for AAP, a big group of volunteers from the state went to Delhi for campaigning. Data entry work, responding to mails and queries, web moderation, email moderation as well as offline support like writing post cards to Delhiites and calling campaign for Delhiites happened from Bangalore. 

As Bangaloreans have already participated and supported AAP in Delhi elections, we hope that we will make this political revolution a huge success in the city.

How is the coordination happening betw­een Delhi and Bangalore?

Party national executive members, like Prashanth Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav, recently visited Bangalore after the Delhi elections to ensure that whatever happened in Delhi should repeat in Bangalore.

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Our batsmen know their roles: Penney

Durban: India's fielding coach Trevor Penney was hopeful about eking out a draw against South Africa, saying his batsmen know very well what is required of them even as the visitor's face a daunting task to save the second Test.

India still trail South Africa by 98 runs with eight wickets in hand but they need to bat out of their skins against a fiery South African pace battery on the final day to save the match.

"The mood in the dressing room is just normal. Our batsmen know what their roles are and who the South African bowlers are. They have studied them and played against them. So we need to dig deep and fight the day out," Penney said last night after South Africa reduced India to 68 for two on the fourth day.

"We have played good cricket over the last couple of weeks and the team is very upbeat about the possibility of trying to bat out (the final day)," he added.

India lost one more wicket yesterday than they would have wanted when Shikhar Dhawan was out caught by Faff du Plessis, with the fielder pulling off a stunning catch at short mid-wicket.

"At this particular stage, he wasn't very happy because the light was poor and they could have come off at any stage. I think he was pretty disappointed," said the coach, describing Dhawan's mood.

Earlier in the day, Jacques Kallis stroked his way to his 45th Test hundred in his last match to put South Africa in a dominating position. 

India delayed the second new ball, bowling 146 overs with the first one, playing for time in this rain-curtailed match.

"It is a bit more variable with the old ball. We just wanted to test with reverse swing as well, that was the main reason. It didn't really allow the new batsmen to settle down, as we were relying on reverse swing and thought that was the best strategy," Penney said.

Asked specifically, if the pacers were tired after their outing in Johannesburg, he replied in the negative.

"We batted a quite a long time in this match and then the rain began to show up in the first couple of days. So the bowlers have also had a break. It is just that the South Africans batted well in that middle period, especially Jacques who dug in for a lot of balls. He just defended and then scored off the loose balls," Penny said.

India's stand-out bowler was left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja who returned with his best-ever figures in a Test innings, taking 6-138.

Apparently, spin could play a factor on the final day if the weather opens up and the conditions are dry.

"Jadeja bowled a lot of overs and got his wickets. But it didn't really spin, not every ball. I think we have the batsmen to deal with that," said Penney.

"Normally, the seamers are South Africa's biggest threat, aren't they? We have to see them off in the morning and obviously when the reverse swing comes into play. So even if we start well, the guys need to watch out as the day goes on," he warned the Indian batsmen. 

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Crime file: Ambulance driver rapes minor girl, attempts suicide on remorse; Mother beaten to death by son for not giving money for booze and more

Ambulance driver rapes minor girl, attempts suicide on remorse

Raipur: A 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped by an ambulance driver in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district on December 23, police said on Monday. 

However, apparently filled with contrition, the accused, identified as Kiran Kumar, allegedly tried to commit suicide by setting himself on fire after the incident, they said.

"A case of rape was registered against Kiran, a driver with Sanjeevani 108 ambulance service, last evening on the complaint of the minor girl in Amabeda police station," said Kanker SP RN Dash. 

According to the officer, the incident occurred on the night of December 23 after the victim's mother, a native of Amabeda village, was shifted to Kanker district hospital in the ambulance driven by Kiran. 

"Kiran Kumar reportedly took the ill woman to hospital in the ambulance and returned to the patient's house. Kiran, who was in an inebriated condition, asked the 10-year-old girl to accompany him saying her mother is serious and needs her at the hospital," Dash said.

However, Kiran allegedly took the minor girl to an isolated place in a forest area and raped her, the SP said.

He said relatives of the victim failed to inform police about the incident even after she confided in them on December 24. 

The incident was reported to police on Friday, following which medical examination of the girl was conducted, which confirmed rape, the officer said. 

When a police team was sent to arrest Kiran it came to know that he had allegedly attempted suicide at his residence on Thursday and suffered minor burns. 

A case under section 376 (rape) of IPC and Prevention of Children from Sexual Offence Act has been registered against the accused, Dash said, adding that Kiran would be arrested after he gets discharge from hospital. 

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Serial "cyanide" killer sentenced to death by court

The "cyanide killer"Mohan Kumar.

Mangalore: A serial killer known for his alleged modus operandi of using cyanide to kill his victims, was sentenced to death by a court here in three cases of murder.

Mohan Kumar, known as the "cyanide killer", was awarded the death sentence by the fourth additional district and session's court here, which had convicted him on Tuesday last and pronounced the quantum of punishment today.

Judge B K Naik held Kumar guilty of murdering Leelavathi, a resident of Vamadapadavu, and Anitha (22), a resident of Barimar village of Bantval taluk, and Sunanada of Peruvaje.

Naik observed that "this is the rarest of rare cases" and the convict deserves nothing less than death penalty.

During the hearing,Kumar defended himself saying none of the post-mortem reports had mentioned presence of cyanide.

Kumar was arrested on October 21, 2009.The trial of murder cases had commenced in the Fast Track Court in November 2011, and it was later shifted to fourth additional district and session's court here. 

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Crime file: Gay taxi driver lures teen for sex, gets killed instead; hubby forces woman into physical relations with others, and more

Taxi driver lures teen for homosexual act, boy kills him for mobile phone

New Delhi: Luring a juvenile for homosexual act cost a middle-aged taxi driver his life as the teenager allegedly killed him for his mobile phone, police said on Thursday. 

The 17-year-old juvenile was apprehended on Wednesday from his house in Sangam Vihar in connection with the murder of one taxi driver Guddu, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (South-East) P. Karunakaran. 

The body of 35-year-old Guddu, a Lucknow resident, was recovered from a park near Adilabad Fort in Tuglakabad area on September 24, and his mobile phone and other belongings were found missing. 

According to primary investigations several drivers at the taxi stands on which Guddu worked since the past 14 years were questioned, it was revealed that a teenager who frequented the area could have committed the crime. 

"It was also found that earlier he used to be seen in the area near the spot regularly but from the day of the incident, alleged juvenile was missing. Finally, on specific information the juvenile was nabbed at around 8.30 AM from his house. He later confessed his involvement in the crime," the DCP said. 

During interrogation, the juvenile told police that he met Guddu on the day of the incident in a bus plying from Karol Bagh to Khanpur. The deceased made sexual advances towards him after which both struck a deal. 

The juvenile also got attracted by the new mobile phone of the deceased. He led Guddu to Adilabad Fort as he used to frequent that place to play cricket, the SP said. 

"Reaching a secluded spot, the juvenile hit Guddu on his head until he became unconscious and then fled with his mobile phone and Rs 50 found in his pocket. He kept the mobile phone in his house and did not use it as he was aware that the police would reach through mobile phone," Karunakaran said. A case has already been registered in this connection, he added. 

Next: Minor girl raped by father for 2 months in Haryana

Trust, of late, has lost its meaning. The only mistake of the 23-year-old software engineer, who was kidnapped and raped in Hyderabad, was that she trusted the cab drivers to take her to her hostel. There is no answer to why India is increasingly becoming a rape capital and why women in metro cities don't feel safe-- whether in cabs, buses, autos or malls. The techie, who had moved to Hyderabad recently, was so terrified to report the gang-rape that she filed a police complaint saying she had escaped the rape bid when she was returning from a mall around 8.30 pm on Oct 18. But the incident came to light after the police arrested the cab drivers. Read full story here The drivers drove her for nearly four hours in Hyderabad on several stretches, including the Outer Ring Road, and raped her at an isolated area near the Open Mind Birla School, Tellapur. They later dropped her near her hostel at around 2.30am. Read full story here In another shocking incident in Hyderabad in September, a 20-year-old polytechnic student was allegedly kidnapped and raped by the college canteen owner for almost 17 months in Hyderabad. Accused Satya Prakash Singh, 34, a native of Bihar, runs the canteen at TRR College of Technology at Meerpet, allegedly drugged and raped the victim in his flat. Read full story hereAfter the horrendous Delhi bus gang-rape on Dec 16, 2012, and the consequent death penalty to culprits, it was felt that the city would be safer for women. It is only far from it. Over 1,121 rape cases were registered in Delhi alone from Jan-Aug this year, the highest in the last 13 years.A 14-year-old girl was raped by a minor boy at knife-point at Gokalpuri in Delhi in October. The boy took her to an isolated place near the Wazirabad flyover and raped her. Based on the complaint, the juvenile was arrested.A 25-year-old woman was drugged and then raped by four persons in the Welcome area of North-East Delhi in May. The victim, who had separated from her husband and living alone, came across one Yashdev while looking for a job. He, on the pretext of introducing her to prospective employers, took advantage of her along with his friends.In Sept, the sexual abuse of a 9-year-old girl at Sholavaram near Chennai shocked the state. Four youths entered the house at 4am, took the girl who was sleeping. They raped the girl in a hut and fled. Police arrested two people Mohan and Ram in this connection. A 22-year-old engineering student in Chennai committed suicide at Chengam, 180km from Chennai, after her cousin E Ezhilarasan, also a student, posted photos of her sexual abuse on the internet. He along with his friends had raped her intimidating her with threats to circulate the clip. A 22-year-old engineering student in Chennai committed suicide at Chengam, 180km from Chennai, after her cousin E Ezhilarasan, also a student, posted photos of her sexual abuse on the internet. He along with his friends had raped her intimidating her with threats to circulate the clip. In September, a court in Bangalore sentenced six persons to life term for gang-raping a law student on October 13 last year on Bangalore University's Jnanabharathi campus. The girl and her friend were sitting in a car when they were attacked by the eight-member gang.There is a concern that Bangalore, the IT capital, is turning into rape capital. On Oct 19, three bar girls were allegedly gang-raped by a group of eight men. In Mumbai, the gang-rape of a 22-year-old photo-journalist when she was on an assignment shocked the nation in September. The culprits raped her after bashing up her male friend at an abandoned mill close to the railway tracks in the Mahalaxmi area. The same month, Santacruz police in Mumbai registered three rape cases in three days. That included the arrest of a 37-year-old man for allegedly raping his four-year-old neighbour. The four-year-old victim was allegedly raped by her neighbour when her mother stepped out of her house to buy milk.On September 23, a woman, who was asleep while travelling in an autorickshaw in Mumbai, was allegedly abducted and taken to Sanjay Gandhi National Park and sexually assaulted by a group of unidentified men.

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AK Antony calls for unity in Congress

Thiruvananthapuram: The Congress in the state has begun preparing for the elections with a call for party unity by Defence Minister A.K. Antony and the ground being prepared for Ramesh Chennithala to join the Oommen Chandy government.

At the same time, the draft election manifesto prepared by the KPCC has suggested giving ‘relief to the kitchen’ by providing 12 LPG cylinders to all the families at subsidised rates.

Antony urged the Congress leaders and the government to work unitedly in view of the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.

He asked the party leaders to settle the differences of opinion within the party itself without allowing them to reach dangerous levels.

He was addressing the party workers after receiving a copy of the election manifesto prepared by the three-member sub-committee set up by the KPCC.

Antony warned that if partymen can’t remain united, they should get ready to perish.

Meanwhile, speculation is rife that KPCC chief Ramesh Chennithala may join the Chandy government to try to avoid a drubbing for the party in the Lok Sabha elections.

Warning KPCC leaders who are embroiled in group politics, Antony said that if they remained united, they could reap rich dividends. 

The problems in the party should be  solved collectively. “Unity is important for strengthening the party. If we move unitedly, the New Year will be the party’s. The party should create a conducive environment to face the New Year challenges,” he said.

When reporters asked him about the possibility of Chennithala  joining the cabinet, he said Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and Chennithala were the apt persons to answer it.

Congress sources told DC that it is with this agenda that Chennithala has been trying to bring in  many leaders of ‘I’ camp  to the KPCC executive before January 10.

The highlight of the KPCC’s manifesto prepared by KPCC general secretaries Dr Sooranad Rajasekharan, Satheeshan Pacheni and Sajeev Joseph is ‘relief to the kitchen.’ 

All the families will be given 12 LPG cylinders at Rs 500 per cylinder in a year.

It will also be ensured that cylinders are delivered to the consumers within seven days of the date of booking.

Another recommendation is that the government should  regulate the prices  of petrol and diesel. Also, all the families whose monthly income is less than Rs 10, 000 and who own a two-wheeler should be given 10 litres of petrol in a month at 25 percent below market price. 

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Siddara­maiah gives DK Shivakumar, Baig a ‘re-berth’

Roshan Baig and D.K.?Shivakumar.

Bangalore: The state will kick off the new year with the induction of two new ministers, senior Congressmen D.K. Shivakumar and R. Ros­han Baig, set to be sworn in at Raj Bhavan on Wed­n­esday evening, in the teeth of opposition from Chief Minister Siddara­maiah, who would have preferred a cabinet expansion after 2014 parliamentary polls.

With Shivakumar bereaved – his father passed away on Tuesday – there is however speculation, that the Vokkaliga leader will take the oath of office at a later date.

The move, comes after the Congress high command overrode Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on his concerns that the induction of the two stalwarts would divide the party in the run up to crucial parliamentary polls in May 2014.

Shivakumar had played a stellar role in winning the parliamentary bypoll for his brother D.K. Suresh from Bangal­­ore Rural, and had expected to be rewarded with a cabinet berth sooner.  

In the 34-post cabinet, five seats are still lying vacant. Moves to bring in Manohar Tehsildar and H.Y. Meti, a fellow Kuruba MLA to fill in the vacancies, may not see fruition as the party high command has only sanctioned the induction of the two stalwarts. Two senior legislators may be appointed parliamentary secretaries. 

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Crime file: Two teens charged for assault on Indian student in Australia; job seeker gets ‘spoofed’ by con, and more

Two teens charged for assault on Indian student in Australia

Melbourne: Two teenagers were on Tuesday charged with brutally attacking and robbing a 20-year-old Indian student in Australia who suffered serious head injuries in the incident. 

Manrajwinder Singh from Reservoir remained in an induced coma in a hospital here after being bashed up by thugs early on Sunday. 

Singh, in Australia to study accounts, was sitting with two other friends near the footpath east of Princess Bridge when they were approached by eight men, according to a police statement. 

The offenders, perceived to be of African appearance, assaulted Singh by kicking him on the head and hitting him with a stick. 

A 17-year-old Sydenham boy has been charged with intentionally causing serious injury, robbery and theft, the Victoria police said in a statement. He faced an out of sessions court hearing today and has been remanded in custody to appear at a children's court on January 2. 

Earlier, a 16 year-old St Albans boy was charged with serious assault and remanded in custody. The teen was recognised by Protective Services Officers (PSO) from media coverage of the incident, the statement said, adding the PSOs arrested the boy just before midnight at Sunshine Railway Station. 

The third arrest in the case, a 15-year-old Ascot Vale boy has been released and is expected to be charged on summons. A search is on for five others believed to be involved in the incident. 

The police have appealed to the public for any information to contact them. The incident was described as a cowardly attack by Detective Senior Constable Adam Foley. 

"It was just an opportunistic target from the offenders, they've just seen them there and approached them and done what they've done," Foley said. Singh's brother Yadwinder Singh, meanwhile, pleaded for justice. 

"They hit him on the head and he is in coma. I couldn't just believe it. My brother should get justice because he is fighting for his life," he said. 

Next: Job seeker gets ‘spoofed’ by con Trust, of late, has lost its meaning. The only mistake of the 23-year-old software engineer, who was kidnapped and raped in Hyderabad, was that she trusted the cab drivers to take her to her hostel. There is no answer to why India is increasingly becoming a rape capital and why women in metro cities don't feel safe-- whether in cabs, buses, autos or malls. The techie, who had moved to Hyderabad recently, was so terrified to report the gang-rape that she filed a police complaint saying she had escaped the rape bid when she was returning from a mall around 8.30 pm on Oct 18. But the incident came to light after the police arrested the cab drivers. Read full story here The drivers drove her for nearly four hours in Hyderabad on several stretches, including the Outer Ring Road, and raped her at an isolated area near the Open Mind Birla School, Tellapur. They later dropped her near her hostel at around 2.30am. Read full story here In another shocking incident in Hyderabad in September, a 20-year-old polytechnic student was allegedly kidnapped and raped by the college canteen owner for almost 17 months in Hyderabad. Accused Satya Prakash Singh, 34, a native of Bihar, runs the canteen at TRR College of Technology at Meerpet, allegedly drugged and raped the victim in his flat. Read full story hereAfter the horrendous Delhi bus gang-rape on Dec 16, 2012, and the consequent death penalty to culprits, it was felt that the city would be safer for women. It is only far from it. Over 1,121 rape cases were registered in Delhi alone from Jan-Aug this year, the highest in the last 13 years.A 14-year-old girl was raped by a minor boy at knife-point at Gokalpuri in Delhi in October. The boy took her to an isolated place near the Wazirabad flyover and raped her. Based on the complaint, the juvenile was arrested.A 25-year-old woman was drugged and then raped by four persons in the Welcome area of North-East Delhi in May. The victim, who had separated from her husband and living alone, came across one Yashdev while looking for a job. He, on the pretext of introducing her to prospective employers, took advantage of her along with his friends.In Sept, the sexual abuse of a 9-year-old girl at Sholavaram near Chennai shocked the state. Four youths entered the house at 4am, took the girl who was sleeping. They raped the girl in a hut and fled. Police arrested two people Mohan and Ram in this connection. A 22-year-old engineering student in Chennai committed suicide at Chengam, 180km from Chennai, after her cousin E Ezhilarasan, also a student, posted photos of her sexual abuse on the internet. He along with his friends had raped her intimidating her with threats to circulate the clip. A 22-year-old engineering student in Chennai committed suicide at Chengam, 180km from Chennai, after her cousin E Ezhilarasan, also a student, posted photos of her sexual abuse on the internet. He along with his friends had raped her intimidating her with threats to circulate the clip. In September, a court in Bangalore sentenced six persons to life term for gang-raping a law student on October 13 last year on Bangalore University's Jnanabharathi campus. The girl and her friend were sitting in a car when they were attacked by the eight-member gang.There is a concern that Bangalore, the IT capital, is turning into rape capital. On Oct 19, three bar girls were allegedly gang-raped by a group of eight men. In Mumbai, the gang-rape of a 22-year-old photo-journalist when she was on an assignment shocked the nation in September. The culprits raped her after bashing up her male friend at an abandoned mill close to the railway tracks in the Mahalaxmi area. The same month, Santacruz police in Mumbai registered three rape cases in three days. That included the arrest of a 37-year-old man for allegedly raping his four-year-old neighbour. The four-year-old victim was allegedly raped by her neighbour when her mother stepped out of her house to buy milk.On September 23, a woman, who was asleep while travelling in an autorickshaw in Mumbai, was allegedly abducted and taken to Sanjay Gandhi National Park and sexually assaulted by a group of unidentified men.

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Congress, BJP should support AAP over public issues: Binny

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Ghaziabad: Ahead of the vote of confidence in Delhi Assembly tomorrow, Aam Aadmi Party legislator Vinod Kumar Binny today said the BJP and Congress should support the government over issues pertaining to the people.

"There are several public-related schemes which we are yet to implement. We have asked both Congress and BJP to support us, so that we are able to fulfil all public-related promises," he told reporters here.

Binny said Kejriwal has a throat infection and has been advised rest. "Despite this, Kejriwal would go to Delhi Assembly today. He will leave for Delhi Legislative Assembly from his house around I PM", he said.

Talking to reporters outside Kejriwal's residence, AAP leader Sanjay Singh said, "We have formed government in Delhi keeping 18 issues in mind. If AAP wins confidence vote, Kejriwal-led government would work on such issues".

Asked if AAP has 24 hours left to run the government, Singh said, "We don't know what would happen when the confidence motion comes up in the Assembly tomorrow".

The first session of the Delhi Assembly begins today and will continue till January 7 during which the Arvind Kejriwal-led government will seek a vote of confidence on the floor of the House. In the 70-member assembly, AAP has 28 MLAs, eight short of a majority.

AAP has the support of 8 MLAs of Congress, which is expected to see across the half-way mark. BJP has 31 members and its ally Akali Dal 1. AAP yesterday named first-time MLA M S Dhir as its candidate for Speaker's post.

Senior Congress MLA Mateen Ahmad will be the pro-tem speaker. A pro-tem Speaker presides over proceedings relating to taking of oath by new members and other business till the election of Speaker.

Pages12next ›last »Tags: Aam Aadmi PartyVinod Kumar BinnyBJPCongressArvind Kejriwal Meet Aam Aadmi Party winners: Politicians with a difference Loading... Please Wait 1/27Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Admi Party (AAP) is certainly a party with a difference, not just for its ideology. Its candidates are political novices--- a former IAS officer, businessmen, an ex-NSG commando, bank officials, teachers and journalists, who quit their jobs to bring in a change. Here are those who won against veteran politicians in Assembly polls. 2/27Tech graduate to founder of AAP, the political journey of AAP founder Arvind Kejriwal, a graduate of the IIT, Kharagpur, began few years ago. But he proved the might of the common man this polls by winning huge votes against three-time CM Sheila Dikshit, thereby ushering a revolutionary change in Indian politics. 3/27Commando Surender Singh, who was with the Army for 14 years, fought Kargil War. As part of the commando team deployed at Hotel Taj during 26/11 terror attacks, he fought the terrorists bravely, but was critically injured and lost his hearing ability, because of which he had to quit the Army. 4/27A journalist by profession Manish Sisodia, 41 (Patparganj) has worked for a private news channel and All India Radio prior to turning an RTI activist. He was in jail with Anna Hazare in their fight against corruption. 5/27IIT and law graduate Somnath Bharti, 39, (Malviya Nagar) was the one who fought for 8 innocent boys, whom the police tried to to falsely convict after the December 16 Delhi gang rape. An active Janlokpal movement, owns a house in his wife's name. 6/27Raju Dhingan, 40 (Trilokpuri), was with the CISF before entering politics. He also provides free training to youth in body building. 7/27Girish Soni, 49, (Madipur) is XIIth pass and a businessman. He owns a flat, a car and a scooter. 8/27Rakhi Birla, 26, (Mangolpuri) is a journalist with a private news channel. Apart from that she works in collaboration with few social institutes and works for the causes of Valmiki community. 9/27This is the third victory for Vinod Kumar Binny, 40, (Laxmi Nagar), a firm believer in the concept of Swaraj. Twice he has won as an Independent candidate. He owns shares worth Rs 5 lakh and a car. 10/27There were attacks on the life of Akhileshpati Tripathi, 29, (Model Town) when he fought against corruption in Rationing and black marketing in Oil in his constituency. Tripathi, who fearlessly fought corruption, has been involved in social welfare activities since his student life. 11/27Veena Anand, 47 (Patel Nagar) is a social activist and a member of Jan Lokpal Andolan. 12/27Somdutt Sharma, 36, (Sadar Bazar) draws his inspiration to fight against the system from his college days. As a student union leader he had won the Khalsa college polls twice. He is a cricket player and also aids poor students for their education. (Pic: Youtube) 13/27For over a decade, Sanjeev Jha, 24 (Burari) has been making efforts to provide free education to children from backward areas of Delhi. He has established an organization 'Navpallav' which assists people coming from other states to find jobs in Delhi 14/27For Dinesh Mohaniya, 36, (Sangam Vihar), social service began in his college days. When he himself was a student, he taught street kids. When Anna's movement began, he joined it. 15/27Manoj Kumar, 35, who won from Kondli doesn't have a degree. A Xth pass, Manoj, has been a member of International human rights commission. 16/27Rajesh Garg Rohiniwala, 50, (Rohini) is a former Congress leader, whose wife fought an election on Congress ticket. Despite being in Congress, Rajesh had joined the Jan Lokpal Andolan. 17/27Dharmendra Singh Koli (Seemapuri) is the youngest AAP MLA. A day after his victory, he was booked on charges of molestation and rioting on a complaint by Congress worker Veer Singh Dhinghan who was defeated by him polls. Koli has termed it an attemt to malign his image. 18/27Bandana Kumari, 39 (Shalimar Bagh) is fighting for the cause of poor women's rights. She is also the convenor of a social organization 'Nayi Pehal' which creates awareness on women empowerment. 19/27Jagdeep Singh, 42 (Hari Nagar) lost his father in the massacre of 1984 Anti-Sikh riots. He runs an insurance business and regularly visits hospitals and helps patients. 20/27Mahendra Yadav, 50 (Vikaspuri), a social worker, quit BJP in 2012. 21/27Madan Lal, who won from Kasturba Nagar, is a Master in Law and owns two houses and three flats. 22/27Satyendra Kumar Jain, 49, (Shakur Basti), a graduate, is associated with Sparsh, the organisation that works for the welfare of mentally challenged children. He quit CPWD as he couldn't tolerate corruption. 23/27Ashok Kumar Chauhan (Ambedkar Nagar) is a cricketer and a social worker. He has three flats in his name 24/27Prakash, 25, (Deoli), a commerce graduate, quit an MNC as an assistant manager has been running awareness campaigns educating people on opening accounts, getting voter cards, etc. 25/27Maninder Singh Dhir (Jangpura), a post graduate, is the recipient of President's award for social work. He voluntarily retired as assistant manager from State Trading Corporation of India ltd. and is now doing own business. (Dhir's photo was not available) 26/27Jarnail Singh's (Tilak Nagar) first job gave him a salary of Rs 500. Today he owns a water purifier company. 27/27Harish Khanna, Timarpur, a university teacher, has a Master's degree in arts and is also a PhD.     Related articles Fearless crusader Cong decries ‘maligning’ of PM on Lankan issue Bengaluru blast: Parties bomb each other in blame game Jarkiholi to take on Kattis in Belgaum Write a comment Your name Your Comment (Minimum 30 Characters) * CAPTCHAThis question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.

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